preceding year: 1982 | proceeding year: 1984
1983 was a year in the 1980s. In this year:
Unknown Date[]
- Old One Eye's fossilised skeleton is discovered with the remains of a Trans-Time ranger inside, during excavation of an extension to the London Underground. Professor Gizzard is killed at the Natural History Museum when he dislodges a rod holding her jaws apart[1].
- N-Ree arrived above Earth after passing through a space-time warp near Andromeda from 1938 or 1939[2].
May[]
- 15 May: Harry Angel's F-20 "Scorpion" develops a fault and the R.A.F. pilot officer is forced to crash into the side of a hill to avoid hitting a school[3].
- 18 May: a historian travelled to the Führer-Bunker in 1945 to confirm whether or not the Hitler Diaries were authentic[4].
July[]
- 9 July Dr. Dale travelled to the Cretaceous Period to investigate the extinction of the dinosaurs[5].
August[]
- Thursday 11 August: two giant wallabies were stolen from a shipment delivered to Kiddyland, Nuneaton[6]
- Friday 12 August: handbills were distributed to most of Birmingham's public houses, promoting a rally to be held the following day at R.A.F. Stafford[6]
- Saturday 13 August: anniversary of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's birth. Norman Paratt's drink is spiked at the Busy Bee cafe[6]
- Halloran attempted to climb Everest by the direct route[7].
Deaths[]
- Frank Ketchley[8]
Real Life[]
In the year 1983 Judge Dredd stories published in 2000AD were set in the year 2105.
Publications[]
- Prog 308
- Prog 309
- Prog 325
- Prog 326
- Prog 327
- Prog 328
- Prog 329
- Prog 330
- Prog 331
- Prog 332
- Prog 333
- Prog 334
- Prog 335
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1983
- 2000AD Annual 1984
- Judge Dredd Annual 1984
References[]
- ↑ Flesh Book One Part 19, 2000AD Prog 19
- ↑ Tharg's Future-Shocks: Bad Timing, 2000AD Prog 291
- ↑ Angel Part 1, 2000AD Prog 95
- ↑ Tharg's Time Twisters: The Absolutely and Utterly Authentic Story Behind "The Hitler Diaries", 2000AD Prog 328
- ↑ Tharg's Time Twisters: Dr. Dale's Diary, 2000AD Prog 302
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Skizz
- ↑ M.A.C.H.1: Everest Part One, 2000AD Prog 34
- ↑ Tharg's Time Twisters: T.C. Spudd's First Case, 2000AD Prog 316